State PCS PYQPrelims 2022

BPSC – Combined Competitive Examination · প্রশ্ন 23

Rajasthan receives very little rainfall because:

  1. it is very hot
  2. there is no water and so the winds stay dry
  3. the winds meet no barrier, so they do not rise high enough to cool
  4. the monsoon fails to reach the region
  5. None of the above / More than one of the above
উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা

উত্তর: (C) the winds meet no barrier, so they do not rise high enough to cool

ব্যাখ্যা

The Aravallis run parallel to the south-west monsoon winds, so there is no orographic lifting over western Rajasthan.

  • (A) ভুল

    Wrong: heat alone does not explain it.

  • (B) ভুল

    Wrong: monsoon winds do carry moisture.

  • (C) সঠিক

    Correct: the Aravallis lie parallel to the Arabian Sea branch, so winds are not forced up.

  • (D) ভুল

    Wrong: the monsoon does reach, but gives little rain.

  • (E) ভুল

    Wrong: only one of the options A–D is correct.